Rola imitacji w indukowaniu transu rytualnego. Perspektywa neurokognitywna

• Authors: Jakub Bohuszewicz

Title variants

EN

The Role of Imitation in Induction of Ritual Trance. A Neurocognitive Perspective

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

A shamanic trance ritual begins with the introductory part, which can be defined as invocation of shamanic spirits. The formal structure of this invocation assumes playing a role, which in the practice of the ritual means imitation of the types of behaviour characterising a given spirit. Entering a trance is synonymous with the loss of the cognitive barrier dividing the persona of the shaman from the persona of the portrayed spirit; the shaman becomes the spirit. The conceptions of evolutionary psychologists are insufficient to explain this situation. The theoretical model proposed instead describes the transition from inductive actions to a trance state in terms of disinhibition of the system preventing repetition of an action recorded at the level of the mirror neurons.

Keywords

EN

induction of trance; shamanic trance state; role theory; mirror neuron system

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Studia Religiologica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 227–235

Dates

online

2013-01-22

Contributors

author

Jakub Bohuszewicz

• Instytut Religioznawstwa Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20844077SR.12.018.0971